In this episode Eli’s daughter-in-law goes into premature labor due to the Ark of God’s being captured. She dies in childbirth, but is able to name the baby. The name, Ichabod, means “The Glory is Gone.” As the episode continues, the Philistines gloat about the ark. But it wreaks havoc in Philistia for six months, at which time the Philistines send the ark back to Israel. They do it in such a way that it eliminates any chance that the damage done by the ark was coincidental.
